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No. 298,833. Patented May 20, 1884.

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\VILLIAM J. DARRAH, OF FAYETTEVILLE, MISSOURI.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,833, dated May 20,1884.

Application filed March 6, 1884. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom, it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. DARRAH, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Fayetteville, in thecounty of Johnson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Frames for Stacking; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, and in which-- Figure 1 is aperspective View of my improved frame for stacking. Figs. 2 and 3 are aside and an end view of the same, respectively. Fig. at is a detail Viewof one of the joints of the corner-posts and the inclined top bars. Fig.5 is a similar View of one of the joints of the middle posts and a toppost, and Fig. 6 is a detail view of the ends of three of the cross-barsand of a portion of the cornerbar.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to frames for stacking hay or grain; and itconsists in the improved construction and combination of parts of thesame, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letters A indicate the corner-posts,which are inclined outward from their lower ends, andare composed of twoplanks placed at an obtuse angle to each other, and the lower ends ofeach of the planks composing a corner-post is provided with anoutwardly-projecting screwbolt, 13, upon which slides a slotted cornerpiece or extension, 0, which may be adjusted upon the bolts by means ofnuts 1) bearing against the outside of the extension. The lower ends ofthese extensions are provided with rings or sockets E, through whichplugs or stakes G may be driven, securing the corner-posts and theirextensions to the ground. The upper ends of the corner-posts areprovided with castings or sockets F, into which the lower ends ofinwardly-inclined top bars, H, may be inserted and secured by means ofnutted bolts I, the said inwardly-inclined corthe middle ofthecross-bars.

ner top bars consisting, like the corner-posts and extensions, of twoplanks secu red together at an obtuse angle. At the middle of the outercorners of the corner posts are secured sockets J, into which the endsof extensible braces K, notched at their upper ends to correspond to theangle of the corner-posts, are inserted, and the said braces consist ofan upper piece, L, having a nutted bolt projecting outward, and of alower piece, M, having a longitudinal slot, N, sliding adjustably uponthe nutted bolt. The planks of the corner posts have a series ofperforations, 0, near their edges, and the ends of a number ofextensible cross-bars, 1?, extending between the edges of thecorner-posts, are provided with clamping-lips Q, which clamp the edgesof the corner-posts, and have perforations B, through which pass boltsS, passing through the perforations in the corner-posts, serving toadjust the cross-bars. These cross-bars consist of 'two pieces, T,having longitudinal slots U, through which slots pass nuttedbolts V,upon which bolts the slotted ends slide and may be adjusted to thedistance between the corner-posts. One of these bolts is of such alength that it may pass through the cross-bars and through the lower endof a post, W, inclined outwardly from its lower end, one of whichinclined posts is placed between each pair of corner-posts, forming asupport for The upper ends of these inclined posts are provided withcastings orsockets X, into which fit the lower ends of inwardly-inclinedtop pieces, Y, and the lower ends of the inclined posts are providedwith bolts Z, which pass throughlongitudinal slots A in extensions B,and the outer sides of the inclined posts are provided with sockets G,into which the upper ends of braces D fit, which braces are providedwith slotted extensions E, sliding adjustably upon nutted bolts F.

It will be seen that when a stack is to be commenced the corner-posts,cross-bars, and 5 stack, and the cross-bars may be extended and movedupward upon the perforations in the corner -posts as the stack growsupward. When it is now desired to taper the stack off at its upperportion, the inwardly-inclined top pieces or bars are placed in theirsockets, and serve to determine the angle of the top of the stack, andwhen the stack has arrived to the open ends of the inclined bars it istopped off in the space between the said upper ends.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire 'to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- The combination of theoutwardly-inclined corner-posts having slotted extensions at their lowerends, castings or sockets at their upper ends, inclined sockets at theirouter sides, and perforations at their edges, the extensible cross-barshaving perforated lips at their ends,

the outwardly-inclined middle posts having extensions at their lowerends, sockets at their upper ends, and. inclined sockets at the middleof their outer sides, the extensible braces fitting with their upperends into the sockets upon the outer sides of the corner-posts and ofthe middle posts, and the inwardly-inclined top bars fitting with theirlower ends in the sockets at the upper ends of the corner and middleposts, all constructed as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. DARRAH.

\Vitnesses:

RoB'r. TURLEY, S. L. BORTHIOK.

